Recent content by dvto2

Yes, that’s why the hosting is dinged up a bit because i thought I had it on but then it came loose, smacked the transmission filter and broke it. It’s an awkward connection to make, over the mower deck. I ended up driving the back of the tractor up in some car ramps to get underneath to get a...

I sprayed it with brake cleaner, soaked it in gas, then sprayed it real good with the brake cleaner again. It did clean up, and was easier to work, but I still could not get it in the pto shaft enough to lock it on , with my hands. The housing is kind of banged up. I was able to lever it in...

That sounds like a plan.

Break cleaner I can do. Any tips on disassembly?

The quick yoke to my mower deck is not working well, if at all. I can’t get the mower shaft connected to the pto because the ball bearings won’t all collapse at the same time. When I pull back the outside housing it doesn’t seem to seat properly. New parts are $350. Anyone with a suggestion...

It took me two months to attempt this. We’ve had such rainy weather every time I wanted to try this. First sunny day when I had time and it took only about 45 minutes to swap out the cables. The tractor fired up right away. Thanks, wolfman!

Ordered all new cables. Turns out there are actually two ground cables. One from the battery post and another small one off the starter

I’ll start with that. Thanks.

Oops, here’s the positive on the starter.

The main looks ok. The 20 amp fuse under the ignition looked like it might be bad and that’s the one I changed and then heard a pop when I tried again. The three 15 amp fuses looked fine but I changed them anyway. Here are pictures of the cable ends: Negative And positive

The cable ends on the posts.

Three different ways. 1. battery fully charged and off the tractor: tests fine. 2. Battery in the tractor with the cables connected: load tester drops to near zero. 3: battery in the tractor and I turn the key: load tester drops to near zero. here is the load tester:

Might that be the large 30 amp fuse near the starter?

20 year old bx23. my tractor was having increasing problems turning over. I thought it might be one of the shut off sensors but I made the determination the battery was just old - it would not hold a charge on or off the tractor. I bought a new battery and had the same problem of not turning...

The nuts and collar are off the back of the lift rod. Anyone know the size of the nuts? I'll probably have to schlep over to the dealer.